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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
If I were addicted to alcohol I would have a disability. I would be an American with a Disability. The ADA must apply to anyone with a disability.
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I don't believe that is correct.
Firstly, I do not believe addiction falls under the definition of a disability.(at least here in Australia it doesn't and I'm pretty sure it doesn't in the USA either)
Secondly, in law, discrimination is only considered discrimination if it is based on certain things. For example it is not discrimination to refuse to hire someone if they can not type and you require someone with the ability to type. Addiction is not one of the things that is considered grounds for discrimination.(same as above, here in Australia it is that way and I'm pretty sure it is the same in the USA)
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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
Should I sue because curbs and steps can make me fall and hurt myself? Who are you to say no. Bar stools are too high and unstable. What next? The list could go on and on.
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You do not seem to have much understanding of the law, otherwise you would not have made these comments in the first place.
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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
ADA is not just "the law of the land" it is common sense. That may not be apparent to some. But, then, common sense is VERY lacking nowadays.
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When people use the term "common sense" like you continually do they usually mean "any ruling I don't agree with is lacking in common sense and any ruling I do agree with is made with common sense".
Is that what you mean?
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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
"The NFB and ACB alleged that the Kindle DX was inaccessible to blind students and thus violated federal law."
And paper books are not?
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Is that what was alleged? Remember, you are merely quoting a news source and not the actual suit in question.
I have no doubt you will find, if you bother to actually look at the suit itself, that what was alleged is that what the University was giving to the sighted students, free of charge, was inaccessible to blind students and, in conjunction, the University made no effort to give blind students something comparable.
That is a very much different thing in the eyes of the law.
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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
The Kindle-ADA lawsuits may sound like a win to some, but to me it brings a great sadness. Common sense is a dying ember.
When the self righteous, left or right, rule people suffer.
If you feel that YOU are right, anything is permitted. In Iran and other places the "self righteous" stone women and hang gays.
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So you are really comparing blind students wanting the same access and priveledges as sighted students to Iran stoning women and gays?
And you keep harping on about common sense!
Cheers,
PKFFW